ISSUE 1/97

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No. 1 / 1997 (cover: Johnny Gill)

Contents

• The albums of the year
  Our critics' choices for the best CD albums of 1996

• The Soul Scale
  Reviews of the recent CD's that have been released in U.K. / Europe. Ola and Martine Girault as our albums of the issue, plus reviews of the latest sets by Chaka Khan, Act of Faith, Erykah Badu, Tony, Toni and Tone etc. Great reissues / compilations by Leroy Hutson and Leon Bryant

• Quality Time Top 50 of 1996
  For those who appreciate the finest things in life: our quality soul column, this time listing the most memorable jewels of 1996 - 50 singles or CD tracks in order of preference.

• Roy C
  A complete Roy C story featuring a full album and single discography and an in depth interview with the respected veteran soul singer

• Johnny Gill
  A telephone interview with one of the major talents of the current soul scene

• Soul Express Poll 1996 Results
  Find out our readers favourites of 1996: the best female vocalists, male vocalists, vocal groups, jazz-funk, British act, newcomers and albums of 1996

• The Soul Year 1996
  "1996 was a year when major labels ceased to release new material by established soul artists - however, soul music refused to die" writes our editor in his review of the soul scene in 1996.

• Ashford & Simpson
  Ashford & Simpson album by album. Read the story of one of the greatest composers of our genre. From their 1973 debut Gimme Something Real to their last Warner LP Performance. To be continued in our next issue.

• The Classic Soul
  Doris Duke's I'm a Loser and Sandra Phillips' Too Many People in One Bed featured in our latest Classic Soul column, written by Howard Priestley, who also contributes Blues & Soul magazine with their "Hall of Fame" series of soul legends.

• Deep
  Heikki Suosalo digs deeper than deep in his massive column of rootsy soul. New deep soul releases, reissues, plus exclusive interviews with the deep soul heroes of today and the past. Reviews of the CD's by Peggy Scott-Adams, Ruby Turner, Solomon Burke and Lee Fields. In this issue also featuring telephone interviews with Millie Jackson and Irma Thomas!

• Millie Jackson
  
• Irma Thomas
  Read Millie's and Irma's own comments about their latest CD releases, also reviewed in our Deep soul column.

• Jazz-Funk
  Art Porter's farewell album, The Jazz Crusaders, David Sanborn, Plunky & Oneness, Alfonzo Blackwell, MoJazz keyboardist Daryl Chinn, pro-basketball hero Wayman Tisdale and Urbanator - amongst other - are all featured in our latest column of jazz-funk album reviews. Also a chart of the `coolest jazz-funk of 1996'.

• Zapp
  In our "Original Funksters" series, the legendary funk groups are featured in exhaustive `album by album' stories. This time, the story of the vocoder funksters of Troutman family, who have influenced a whole bunch of current R&B and rap artists.

• Upfront Soul
  The upfront soul column updates the magazine with the latest US import CD reviews, this time featuring the late 1996 / early 1997 releases by Gerald Adams, Bloodstone, Mikki Bleu, Willie Hutch and David Sea.

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